Cardiovascular consequences of aircraft noise exposure.

The results from epidemiological studies suggest that environmental noise including aircraft, railway, road traffic, wind turbine, and leisure-related noise is a growing public health concern. According to the WHO, at least 100 million people in the European Union are affected by traffic noise levels above the WHO-recommended thresholds. Environmental noise can adversely affect physical and mental health, as well as wellbeing.

Surgical resection versus biopsy in the treatment of primary central nervous system lymphoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Purpose: Despite the improvement in treatment and prognosis of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL) over the last decades, the 5-year survival rate is approximately 30%; thus, new therapeutic approaches are needed to improve patient survival. The study's aim was to evaluate the role of surgical resection of PCNSL.

Methods: Primary outcomes were the overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) of patients with PCNSL who underwent surgical resection versus biopsy alone.

Blood Pressure and Arterial Stiffness in Association With Aircraft Noise Exposure:Long-Term Observation and Potential Effect of COVID-19 Lockdown.

In a cross-sectional analysis of a case-control study in 2015, we revealed the association between increased arterial stiffness (pulse wave velocity) and aircraft noise exposure. In June 2020, we evaluated the long-term effects, and the impact of a sudden decline in noise exposure during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) lockdown, on blood pressure and pulse wave velocity, comparing 74 participants exposed to long-term day-evening-night aircraft noise level 60 dB and 75 unexposed individuals. During the 5-year follow-up, the prevalence of hypertension increased in the exposed (42% versus 59%, =0.

The relation of nocturnal exposure to aircraft noise and aircraft noise-induced insomnia with blood pressure.

Introduction: Nighttime environmental noise exposure leads to unconscious stress reactions and autonomic arousals. These may disturb overnight sleep and the diurnal blood pressure (BP) profile, contributing to an increased risk of developing hypertension.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effects of chronic nighttime exposure to aviation noise on sleep disturbances and the relationship with annoyance and the BP profile.

Relationship among long-term aircraft noise exposure, blood pressure profile, and arterial stiffness.

Objective: To assess the impact of long-term exposure to aircraft noise on blood pressure (BP), prevalence of arterial hypertension, and indices of asymptomatic organ damage.

Methods: Using acoustic maps, we selected and further compared people living (average 35 years) in areas exposed to high, more than 60 dB (n = 101), and low aircraft noise, less than 55 dB (n = 100). Medical history taking, office BP measurement, ambulatory BP monitoring, and echocardiographic and arterial stiffness measurements were performed.

The relationship between plasma renin activity and serum lipid profiles in patients with primary arterial hypertension.

Introduction:: The aim of the study was to evaluate clinical and biochemical differences between patients with low-renin and high-renin primary arterial hypertension (AH), mainly in reference to serum lipids, and to identify factors determining lipid concentrations.

Materials And Methods:: In untreated patients with AH stage 1 we measured plasma renin activity (PRA) and subdivided the group into low-renin (PRA < 0.65 ng/mL/h) and high-renin (PRA ⩾ 0.

Plasma renin activity, serum aldosterone concentration and selected organ damage indices in essential arterial hypertension.

Introduction: The aim of this study was to assess the relations between plasma renin activity (PRA), serum aldosterone concentration (ALDO) and selected asymptomatic organ damage (AOD) indices in mild primary arterial hypertension (AH).

Material And Methods: We measured PRA, ALDO, and selected AOD indices (carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), central aortic pulse pressure (cPP), estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)) in 122 patients with untreated AH.

Results: Patients with high PRA (≥ 0.

The relation between blood pressure components and left atrial volume in the context of left ventricular mass index.

Left atrial enlargement (LAE) is a risk factor for cardiovascular complications and death. In hypertensive patients, LAE is usually due to left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy and diastolic dysfunction. We aimed to identify factors associated with LAE in patients with increased and normal left ventricular mass index (LVMI) with reference to pulsatile and steady components of blood pressure (BP).

[Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with midventricular obstruction of the left ventricle (MVO)--case report].

A 76-year old woman with a history of stage 3 arterial hypertension, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, hypercholesterolemia and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Ventricular tachycardia was the first clinical manifestation of the disease. Echocardiography revealed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with a high intraventricular gradient of 47 mmHg and midventricular obstruction at the level of the papillary muscles (the lumen of the left ventricle was 1-2 mm during systole).

[The influence of antihypertensive treatment on arterial stiffness, shear stress and activity of chosen matrix metalloproteinases].

Unlabelled: The aim of the study was to compare therapeutic effects of chosen antihypertensive drugs on arterial stiffness, shear stress in carotid arteries and metalloproteinases activity, moreover analysis of relationship of these variables in the course of treatment.

Methods: 95 patients with essential arterial hypertension stage 1 or 2 were randomized to 6 months monotherapy with: quinapril, amlodipine, hydrochlorothiazide, losartan or bisoprolol. Each therapeutic group consisted of 19 patients (N=19).